Italian offshore contractor Saipem has won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract on the supergiant Zohr gas field off Egypt. The contract, won of a number won jointly worth more than US$1.6 billion Euros…
Deep Sea Supply is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded three new time charter contracts for operations in Egypt by BP Egypt. The PSV Sea Swift has been awarded a two-year firm, plus a one-year option contract, while…
Oil major BP is planning to reach first gas from its 1.5 Tcf and 31 MMbbl condensate deep water Atoll field offshore Egypt in 1H 2018. The firm has sanctioned a Phase One development project targeting up to 300 MMcf/d, with backing from the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)…
SDX Energy is dropping its 35% stake in the Dana Petroleum-operated Bakassi West block in the Rio Del Rey basin offshore Cameroon, after failing to make an oil discovery in late-March at the shallow-water Manatee-1X well. SDX’s decision…
Aker Solutions is to supply its longest-ever umbilicals system to the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement, with Petrobel, Egypt, is worth more than NOK 1 billion (US$120 million) and covers…
Italian giant Eni and 50:50 partner BP have confirmed a “new significant gas discovery” in the Baltim South West exploration prospect, located in the East Nile Delta offshore Egypt, with plans to drill two new wells in the area. Map…
Aberdeenshire-based ThinJack has entered into a deal with a Middle East oil and gas company for the removal of multiple well Christmas trees on surface platforms in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. The deal could be ThinJack’s largest ever agreement in the region…
Just 10 months after the discovery at the Nooros field offshore Egypt, Italian giant Eni has increased production at the field to some 65,000 boe/d. Image from Eni. The milestone…
Chad Barnes reports that contrary to current industry norms, contracting activity in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region is on the rise. The Eastern Mediterranean gas landscape and a focus on Egypt…
Italian major Eni has found what could be the biggest gas deposit in the Mediterranean and the company is eager to develop it. Jerry Lee reports. Egypt Nile Delta. The Zohr discovery, in the Shorouk block…
Heather Saucier examines the geology of the Mediterranean and North African region, and assesses where more discoveries could be made. The location of four assessment units in the Nile Delta Basin Province in the Eastern Mediterranean…
Italian explorer Eni hopes to start production from the giant Zohr gas field offshore Egypt by the end of 2017, after being approved to take over the development lease from Egypt's national Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS). Zohr, described as Egypt's largest gas field to date…
Italian oil major Eni has completed its first appraisal well on the giant Zohr gas discovery in the deep water Shorouk block offshore Egypt. The firm, which is now preparing for a well test, says the latest well on Zohr confirms the Zohr…
OneSubsea was awarded a contract from BP Exploration (Delta) and partner DEA (Deutsche Erdoel AG), to supply subsea production systems for the West Nile Delta Giza/Fayoum and Raven fields, situated offshore Egypt. The scope of supply…
The first production test at Eni’s Zohr 2X appraisal well delivered some 44 MMcf/d of gas, offshore Egypt. Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi. Image from Eni. The Zohr 2X well, Eni’s first appraisal well on its giant Zohr discovery…